Browsing Tag: Environment

<h2>Sacking the plastic bag habit</h2> Not too long ago, I told you about my friend Chris Halleron who had begun a quest to rid his life of plastic shopping bags. I said back then that I would someday give it a try. Well, yesterday was that day. I took my first trip to the supermarket wit...

<h2>Alicia Silverstone's PETA ad is too risqué for Texas television</h2> Proving once again that Americans are the most uptight people in all of western civilization, an ad for PETA was recently banned from Texas television stations. The ad features a naked Alicia Silverstone swimming aro...

<h2>A friend takes on an important and daunting challenge</h2> Everyone says they want to do something to help the environment. My friend Chris Halleron has taken on a challenge that can prove to be a daunting one considering the shear volume of waste he is trying to reduce....

<h2>Studies say we’ll be at full capacity soon, well guess what</h2> So all these studies that say we’re nearing capacity and will hit it in 10 to 15 years need to be reopened. There is no doubt in my mind that we are there already. I find it ludicrous that it now averages forty five minu...

<h2>It's easier than you might think...</h2> My friend Lazlo sent me a link to a very cool web page called ‘100 Ways to Save The Environment’ by a group called SEQL (Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life) out of Charlotte, NC. Even though their work is concentrated in 15-county metr...

<h2>Reactions to my rant that teach me a thing or two.</h2>...

<h2>A long day of great concerts, but how exactly does this help the global climate crisis?</h2>...

<h2>People are actually dropping dead...</h2> Not that long ago, I told a friend about how the summer heat this year is not bothering me as much as last year. I credited my new found freedom and reduced stress level as the reason. However, that was before we had four days in a row of near...

<h2>How are things so small so loud?</h2> I am amazed by the insane volume of cicadas screaming outside my window lately. I didn't think there were enough trees to attract all of them to Hoboken. Behind my house, in front too. Even walking down the street! It's crazy! ...